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Barracuda CloudGen Firewall pros and cons

Vendor: Barracuda Networks

4.1 out of 5

45 reviews
93% willing to recommend

Pros & Cons summary

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall offers comprehensive security with antivirus protection, integration with LDAP or Active Directory, and efficient VPN configuration via TINA VPN. It enables scalability and remote work management. However, careful sizing is essential as using all features may lead to underperformance. Complex initial setup, expensive licensing for active-passive configurations, and certain VPN limitations are notable. Technical support is highly praised for responsiveness and effectiveness.

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PROS

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall offers comprehensive security features, including antivirus protection, anti-DDoS, and IPS.

It supports easy integration with systems like LDAP or Active Directory for centralized management and enhanced access control.

The TINA VPN features allow automatic VPN configuration, facilitating remote work and efficient network management.

Scalability and stability are core aspects, enabling management of extensive environments with fewer resources.

Barracuda's technical support and customer service receive high praise for their responsiveness and effectiveness.

CONS

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall can be underpowered if all available add-on features are used, making careful unit sizing essential.

When committing changes, Barracuda CloudGen Firewall locks further access, which may be inconvenient for administrators.

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall VPN profiles for Windows face issues and Barracuda does not support certain VPN setups with different brands.

Initial setup and user learning curve for Barracuda CloudGen Firewall can be complex and challenging.

Licensing arrangements for Barracuda CloudGen Firewall can be expensive, especially with active-passive setups, requiring licenses for both firewalls.

Barracuda CloudGen Firewall Pros review quotes

IT Consultant - Network Admin at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

Mar 31, 2015

It has offered improved network monitoring and intrusion prevention which we otherwise had none of, and the office was under constant spamming by Chinese and Russian IP sub-nets and at one time the exchange server was covertly hijacked as an SMTP relay, and the NG gateways helped mitigate these issues.

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Security Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Mar 30, 2015

The drag and drop features of VPN are really convenient to be configured, and the VPN tunnel provides a secure environment in the organization.

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IT Infrastucture - Cloud Admin at Primary S.A.

Sep 18, 2015

At that time we were using pfSense, which is not bad at all, but we needed something more enterprise-class like, and Barracuda Networks gave that to us.

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Dragoslav Vasiljevic

System & Network Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Jan 21, 2018

We use Barracuda NG Firewall as a border firewall. We trough it to control all in/out Internet traffic.

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Network Administrator at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

Feb 20, 2018

Add-on features such as Virus Scanning, ATP, and web filtering add another level of protection and block malware before it gets to the end user.

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Founder at let's-ConnectIndia

Feb 21, 2018

Enables us to define user application-level access, so our customers can work anytime from anywhere.

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Director at TT-Repair

Jun 18, 2018

Inbound and outbound traffic analysis, rule creation wizard, and the GUI portal are among the key features.

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Director of IT at Superfeet Worldwide, Inc.

Dec 11, 2018

We enjoy the reduction in terms of labor.

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System Administrator at a educational organization with 201-500 employees

Dec 11, 2018

Barracuda is very prompt at blocking any new spam which comes out.

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System Engineer at a tech consulting company with 501-1,000 employees

Apr 23, 2019

The most valuable feature for us is the ability to offer firewall support to our clients.

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Barracuda CloudGen Firewall Cons review quotes

IT Consultant - Network Admin at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

Mar 31, 2015

The GUI can be confusing and overwhelming at times.

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Security Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Mar 30, 2015

Nothing much except some little buggy issue sometimes, such as unable to login using the default login when out-of-box and will required factory reset once again.

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IT Infrastucture - Cloud Admin at Primary S.A.

Sep 18, 2015

However we found the product a little harder to configure than others, and so it´s not a product for unskilled/inexperienced administrators.

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Dragoslav Vasiljevic

System & Network Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Jan 21, 2018

Sometimes we have a need for detailed reports. Barracuda NG Firewall does not have a reports module and uses a satellite application.

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Network Administrator at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

Feb 20, 2018

Can be underpowered if you choose to use all available add-on features. Just be careful when sizing your unit. Make sure you take into account what features you will be turning on, and work with your sales rep to get the model that can handle that load.

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Founder at let's-ConnectIndia

Feb 21, 2018

It's a little bit complex in terms of handling. If you implement a change, there is a specific point where you have to commit it. It's not like you just push a button and it's always committed. If you don't know to check whether your commit command has been executed or not... that is something Barracuda needs to work on.

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Director at TT-Repair

Jun 18, 2018

A rule for email announcements, when configured hits occur, would be a great improvement for a more efficient experience.

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Director of IT at Superfeet Worldwide, Inc.

Dec 11, 2018

The usability for the administrator's experience needs improvement. My system administrator has some questions about its overall connectivity and flexibility.

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System Administrator at a educational organization with 201-500 employees

Dec 11, 2018

To start working with spam, it takes a while because the product has to see that multiple emails are coming in with all the spam. If it could reduce that amount of time, then we would reduce the amount of users who are receiving spam.

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System Engineer at a tech consulting company with 501-1,000 employees

Apr 23, 2019

We would like to see a solution that is focused on container deployment, which is very important right now.

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